A week and a half ago, we flew out to Washington state to see our family. Just before we left, I told our neighbor across from us at the campground that they could park their second vehicle on our spot in front of our trailer if they wanted while we were gone. I won't get into specifics on the family living across the way, but suffice it to say I had reservations about letting them park there after we left. However, I didn't do anything about it and we went on our way.
When we came in this evening, I decided to do a trailer walkaround. Everything looks fine. The neighbor's second pickup truck is backed in in front of our trailer and the tailgate has been mangled pretty good by what looks like backing into a trailer kingpin. Ironically enough, the damage is almost at exactly the same height as our kingpin. Note that this is not their tow vehicle, but rather an F150 without any hitch gear in the bed.
We got in late enough that I didn't want to approach them this evening (after flying all day and missing dinner due to flight schedules). I will ask them to move their vehicle tomorrow as we'll be pulling out early Monday.
I looked at our kingpin and it doesn't have any paint or marks on it. The decorative plastic cover is not deformed or anything. We've had the pinbox covered with a garbage bag the past few weeks to keep birds from nesting in it, so I can't see the pinbox yet. I will be doing that tomorrow, as well, in preparation for leaving. Our trailer is still centered on all the landing gear pads just like we left it.
I will obviously ask them about the damage to their truck tomorrow and ask if they happened to back into our trailer. I'm pretty sure they'll probably say no. Just in case, what and where should I look for anything being tweaked? I'm going to check in the LP tank compartments where the riser and reinforcements from the drop frame are located, as well as the back and sides of the pinbox. I don't see any warped or cracked fiberglass anywhere.
Hoping this is all just being overly paranoid.
When we came in this evening, I decided to do a trailer walkaround. Everything looks fine. The neighbor's second pickup truck is backed in in front of our trailer and the tailgate has been mangled pretty good by what looks like backing into a trailer kingpin. Ironically enough, the damage is almost at exactly the same height as our kingpin. Note that this is not their tow vehicle, but rather an F150 without any hitch gear in the bed.
We got in late enough that I didn't want to approach them this evening (after flying all day and missing dinner due to flight schedules). I will ask them to move their vehicle tomorrow as we'll be pulling out early Monday.
I looked at our kingpin and it doesn't have any paint or marks on it. The decorative plastic cover is not deformed or anything. We've had the pinbox covered with a garbage bag the past few weeks to keep birds from nesting in it, so I can't see the pinbox yet. I will be doing that tomorrow, as well, in preparation for leaving. Our trailer is still centered on all the landing gear pads just like we left it.
I will obviously ask them about the damage to their truck tomorrow and ask if they happened to back into our trailer. I'm pretty sure they'll probably say no. Just in case, what and where should I look for anything being tweaked? I'm going to check in the LP tank compartments where the riser and reinforcements from the drop frame are located, as well as the back and sides of the pinbox. I don't see any warped or cracked fiberglass anywhere.
Hoping this is all just being overly paranoid.
